Keywords: suspension bridge
Item 59556
Suspension bridge, Strong, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Strong Media: Postcard
Item 68679
Workers repair damage to suspension bridge, Strong, 1915
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: Strong Media: Photo negative
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland
"It was decided to build a wire bridge in 1840 and citizens voted to raise the sum of $2000. The bridge was to be built under the direction of Col."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"… bridge builder, designed a newfangled wire suspension bridge to withstand the Sandy River’s seasonal tantrums, and proposed a construction cost of…"
